Ok so Im pretty fucked off right now. Dont worry though, I have a beer next to me while I type this so by the end of this post the beer will be gone and I will be feeling better.
I lent my GS250 to my brother on Saturday as his GN got stolen about a month? ago and I had just bought a new bike.
Things were all dandy until today.
He crashed my first motorbike. My first ever proper motorbike that I could legally ride on the road. My first baby that although I had crashed before, its just not the same when someone else crashes it.
From what he's told me, he was going around a round about and a car pulled out in front of him and he must have panicked and stomped on the rear brake. Im pretty certain that he high sided from the description of the crash and the damage.
He is currently saying he was doing about 20km/h when it happened, but when I originally spoke to him he said he was doing 40.
I was wondering if you can actually high side doing such a low speed as 20km/h, or even 30km/h?
He is also saying that he "Had to drop the bike" otherwise he would have hit the car. Am I right to call bullshit on this? The bike never hit the car. It never slid past the car on the road. It stopped by itself before it hit the car. Ergo surely if the bike was upright (even going around a round about) and was on the rubber. It could have stopped even quicker. Im guessing that he just stomped on the rear brake and didn't even try and straighten up. Would I be correct?
On to the bike though.
All the damage is has been done to the muffler (its come away from the header pipes and is scratched up more so than before Im told -previous scratches were from me scraping it around corners, not crash damage) and will need a new clamp where it meets the header pipes.
The left rear indicator has been smashed up. Just the part with the bulb in it. Not the stork that the indicator sits on.
Also the speedo is stuck saying 20km/h.
He took it into Trevor Piece Motorcycles this afternoon to get a quote and they put it at $530 to fix the bike. The big spenders being labor and fixing the speedo (they dont actually know what is causing the speedo not to work. Just that it doesnt work).
Now this is where I have some other questions and things get tricky.
The lady that was driving the car that pulled out in front of my brother has a husband (go figure). He is something of a motorbike person. Apparently he owns a few bikes or something.
Anyway my brother spoke to him regarding the quote to fix the bike and he said "NO". My brother then agreed with him that it was to much. He then gave the guy the offer for us to fix the bike at a cost of $400 cash to the guy, and we would call it quits here. If it cost more than $400 for us to fix it then so be it. This would mean that I would get the parts that were needed. I would do all the labor on the bike to get it fixed etc and would take the risk that the speedo wouldnt need to much work done. He declined that too. He wants to see the bike. Fair enough I can understand that.
My problem is that the guy wants my brother to take the bike out to his place so he can have a look at it. Its about a 35km trip to where he lives. Obviously, while the bike is rideable, its not exactly wise to take a bike that doesnt have any working left indicators, nor an attached muffler on a 30km trip along the highway. Also the bike has no warrant. Its just run out. It was in warrantable condition before the crash. The warrant expired a few days ago. An neither of us drive cars. My brother says he will do it. And I will need to go with him, as I want to speak to the guy. Thats cool. Im not putting my body on the line, riding a crashed motorbike.
He also wants a go at fixing the bike himself. Being a bike person, and an engineer or something he obviously thinks he can do it for less than the bike shop. He probably can. And apparently he has seen the bike at my brothers work and knows that its not exactly worth doing $500 worth of work on it. Im pretty sure I could sell the bike for $500 though. Hell its registered, would be warranted, and the engine is sweet. Its just missing side covers lol.
Im not to happy about this. I only trust two people to work on my bikes and some stranger isnt one of them. Granted the work that needs doing isnt exactly life threatening (whats the worst that can happen of the muffler starts to fall off again). But whats to stop him doing a "that will last a month, long enough to get him off my back" kinda job? I would rather have it fixed by a mechanic that I can go and bitch to if the indicator falls off. Also the speedo is rather important. I dont want it to look like it works. So I have asked that if the guy does the work on the bike (and against my preference it seems he will be -I really have to thank my brother for that one) and he fixes the speedo, that he will get it tested and I will get a certificate to prove the accuracy off the speedo.
I have also asked my brother not to tell the guy anymore until I have seen the bike. I will be having a look at it tomorrow afternoon. So far all that is broken (that they can tell) is the muffler, speedo, and left rear indicator. Im pretty sure that I will notice anything else (I did ride the bike for 3.5 years, and I know it better than the back of my hand).
If you guys are still reading at this point, I thank you. I just have one last question.
Is there anything else I should do? The bike didnt have insurance. My brother only has third party and the lady that owned the car that caused the crash doesnt want to touch her insurance for some reason (probably a good thing for me though being that it had no warrant at the time of the crash).
Also before anyone asks. Yes my brother is alright although if he crashes the bike again on the way to the guys place the last the he should worry about is someone running over him. He will have me to deal with
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Originally Posted by Sniper
They ride bikes the must be what am I saying.
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